Guangchengzi said with an embarrassed look on his face: "But...she has been exiled. Even if she has not, given her status, it is absolutely impossible for her to enter the palace and become a concubine." After a pause, he said unwillingly: "But there is something else.
Someone else, or another way?"
"If there was, I would have told my Taoist friends a long time ago." As she said this, she shook her head and said, "Maybe this is destiny, which cannot be easily changed by humans. There is one more thing I want to remind you.
The life of the twelfth brother is not long anymore. I must have realized this. It will only be five years at most. Five years later..." She did not continue, but the meaning was obvious.
Yun Zhongzi lowered his eyes and said nothing, obviously acquiescing to her words. Guang Chengzi was anxious and annoyed, stamping his feet and said: "Wei Xiuyan, isn't this... deliberately trying to make things difficult for others?!"
After a moment of silence, Aunt Xuanjing said to Yun Zhongzi: "I have told the master the method. As for whether to tell the emperor, the master can decide for himself. In addition, if the master decides to tell the emperor, please don't mention my name.
, After all, the emperor has repeatedly ordered that the real person is not allowed to leak this matter. If the emperor knows about it, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble." After saying this, she turned and left. This time, everyone did not stop them and let them go.
She leaves.
After she walked away, Guangchengzi said: "Junior brother, have you made a decision?"
Yun Zhongzi said in a conflicted mood: "If someone else is more willing to talk, it is Wei Xiuyan. The emperor is angry that she harmed the sixth elder brother, so how can he accept her as his concubine? Besides, we are not sure whether this method is really effective. What if it doesn't work?"
, that is the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Guangchengzi sighed deeply: "I also know this, but if I don't tell you, what will Ziyun Temple and the disciples do? Do they really want to see this thousand-year foundation be destroyed in one day?"
Mingze interjected: "Master, uncle, can you allow me to say a word?" After receiving permission, he said: "Master said that the emperor has become a devil with just one thought, unless the master is willing to use the ninety
The secret spell must be cast at the cost of the lives of nine boys, otherwise
Ziyun Temple and Wanshou Temple will be destroyed, and no one will survive, including the boys whom the Headmaster wants to protect. The only thing that can save all of this now is the method taught by Taoist Sister Xuanjing. As long as the Headmaster persuades the emperor to agree, everyone can
safely."
"But..." Yun Zhongzi still hesitated, but Guang Chengzi already said: "What Mingze said is true. This is the only way to get the best of both worlds. I have to give it a try no matter what."
Under their persuasion, Yun Zhongzi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
Speechless all night, Yun Zhongzi set off for the Forbidden City at dawn the next day. In the eyes of others, he was a popular man in front of Hongli and could enter and exit the Forbidden City freely. However, only he knew the suffering behind this favor.
When he got there, Hongli was still attending the morning court. After waiting for a while, he was able to set foot in the main hall. He glanced at Hongli, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said: "See you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Hongli lowered his eyes and said, "Why are you so anxious to see me?"
Yun Zhongzi lowered his head and said: "To report to the emperor, Pindao has found another way to complete the destiny of the twelve elder brothers."
Hearing this, Hongli stood up suddenly, stared at Yun Zhongzi closely, and said excitedly: "Tell me what the method is!"
"Exchange life for life!" Following these words, Yun Zhongzi repeated what Taoist Aunt Xuanjing said yesterday. Of course, he never mentioned Taoist Aunt Xuanjing's life, only that it was a method he thought of himself.
Hearing that he wanted to exchange the life of his other son for Yongxun's safety, Hongli's expression froze. He just lost a son not long ago, and now he has to lose another one? After a long time, Hongli finally said quietly.
Said: "Can you figure out which one has a similar destiny to Yong Cun?"
"Returning to the emperor, this person has not yet been born, but... Ping Dao calculated based on the emperor's birth date, only one person can complement the emperor's destiny, thus giving birth to a person who completes the destiny of the twelve princes."
Hongli breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Tell me her date of birth and I will immediately send someone to look for her." For him, who had three palaces and six courtyards, having a concubine was nothing at all.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to look for it. I know who the owner of this birth date is." His words made Hongli happy. This saved him a lot of effort, and he immediately urged: "Quickly, tell me who it is!
"
"Wei Xiuyan!" When Yun Zhongzi said these three words, Hongli said in disbelief: "Who said it again?!"
Yun Zhongzi raised his head and repeated what he had just said word for word, "The answer to the Emperor is Wei Xiuyan!"
"Absurd!" The next moment, Hongli scolded with a gloomy face: "How could it be her? Have you figured it out clearly?"
Yun Zhongzi heard the anger in his words and quickly lowered his head and said: "Pindao also found it incredible before, but after repeated calculations, it is true that Wei Xiuyan has no..."
"Impossible!" Hongli interrupted him angrily, and immediately kept pacing back and forth. In his opinion, even if the person Yun Zhongzi calculated was a beggar woman, it would be better than Wei Xiuyan. Not to mention that this woman had been married before.
And it caused Yong Rong to die in vain... There was no way he could accept her as his concubine!
Yun Zhongzi lowered his head and did not dare to speak. After a long time, Hongli paused and said in a cold voice: "Is there any other way?"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have spent ten years of hard work and read countless ancient books, but I only found this way. Only the child born by Wei Xiuyan can exchange lives and complete the destiny of the twelfth elder brother."
"You are wrong!" Hongli said coldly: "The ninety-nine boys can do it too!"
His words made Yun Zhongzi pale with horror, and he knelt down quickly and said: "But those are ninety-nine lives. Please have mercy, Your Majesty!"
Hongli said coldly: "I am kind to them, who will be kind to Yong Cang? For Yong Cang, they must die!"
Yun Zhongzi gritted his teeth, knelt down and said: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I am a poor Taoist... I really can't do it!"
Hongli couldn't help but said: "If you can't do it, you have to do it, otherwise the thousand-year-old foundation of Ziyun Temple will be destroyed in your hands, and all the Taoist priests and the monks of Wanshou Temple will die because of you!"
"But Wei Xiuyan..." Just as Yun Zhongzi said a few words, Hongli said sternly: "Don't mention her. Answer me, do you want to cast a spell or not?!"
Yun Zhongzi was terrified. Once he refused, Hongli would really have murderous intentions, but it was impossible for him to kill the ninety-nine boys with his own hands. So... what should he do? Wei Xiuyan
Is the road really unworkable?
After a long time, Yun Zhongzi finally made up his mind to take a gamble. He kowtowed and said: "Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, the thousands of years of teachings are to help people in the world and do good deeds to accumulate virtue. This is also what the ancestors taught poor Taoists since childhood. Now
The emperor wants Pindao to kill people...please forgive me, Pindao can't do it!"